For the five years that I have been building computers, Rosewill has been one of those companies that I really haven't considered using their products. I generally have bought the “upper-end”, proven brands that most other enthusiasts who overclock depend on. I've thought of Rosewill as a maker of low end parts, used by builders who really weren't choosy about what they put into their rigs. To be honest, I have purchased one Rosewill item, an IEEE PCI card. It wasn't the cheapest, but it was the cheapest made by a brand I had heard of. So, I guess you could say I considered Rosewill a generic brand.

That is, until recently. A few weeks ago, I reviewed my first Rosewill hardware item, the Rosewill R6AS5-BK Mid-Tower Case. Prior to reviewing the case, I really wasn't very enthused about it. Once I received the case, and started really looking at it, I was very surprised at the high quality and attention to detail that Rosewill had paid to this inexpensive case. I even found a few innovations on it that I hadn't seen on cases costing more than twice as much. So, I started doing a little research, and found that Rosewill actually has some excellent products, and seem to be beginning to market their products towards discriminating enthusiasts.

When Shawn asked if I was interested in reviewing a Rosewill power supply, I didn't even have to think about it. I fully expect this power supply to be of as high quality as the case.

The Xtreme is packaged in this fairly nondescript box It's pretty cool, actually, all that is on the exterior box is the Xtreme logo, the Rosewill logo on the ends of the box, the Rosewill URL and a UPC label on the bottom telling which model the box contains.

The PSU is well protected within, in a nest of soft layered foam. I guess it is as well protected as any PSU I have ever received. In the box, the PSU appears to be modular-configured, which surprised me, as I didn't think it was.